The stylish four-star Lamana Hotel is your gateway to Papua New Guinea’s commercial, educational and administrative heart.

The Lamana Hotel.

Location – Lamana is in Waigani, the administrative, commercial and educational heart of Port Moresby. Waigani is where you’ll find most government departments, corporate head offices and other business houses. It’s also known for its sporting stadiums, schools, shopping malls and the PNG National Parliament building. Waigani is about five minutes from Jacksons International Airport.

The place – The four-star Lamana Hotel is modern and stylish. Guests have a choice of a wide variety of entertainment options, including the famous Gold Club with five bars, poker machine lounges and regular live music and in-house DJs. Snooker, 10-pin bowling, tennis, a swimming pool and gym are also on offer. There’s a business centre, and excellent conference facilities (including eight function rooms of varying sizes) that can cater from board meetings right through to cocktail events, with the back-up of an experienced functions team and on-site IT experts.
There’s even a barber within the hotel, and a dental practice.

Rooms – There are spacious twin, queen deluxe and king executive rooms. Depending on your level of accommodation, in-room amenities include flat-screen TVs, Nespresso coffee machines, complimentary bottles of drinking water, complimentary laundry, lounge seating, a writing desk and daily newspaper.

Food & drink – The Italian restaurant is open for lunch or dinner and Spices for breakfast, lunch or dinner. There’s also Cafe Palazzo, open from 9am to 5pm and Rio’s, which is available for group bookings.

The Gold Club’s bars have a daily happy hour from 5pm to 7pm.

Lamana Hotel in brief

Tel +675 323 2333 | Website lamanahotel.com.pg
Who stays? Mostly conference-goers and business travellers, and the occasional city resident who wants time to relax.
How big? 100 rooms, including long-stay apartments and units.
Cost From PGK550 + GST per night.
Check in 2pm | Check out 11am
Highlights The hotel’s Spa Pua provides a sanctuary from the toils of the day. Combining ancient and contemporary techniques from around the world, therapists offer treatments to bring back your spark. The hotel also has the first-ever bowling alley in PNG. For something special, try the Thursday night Indian buffet or the Saturday night Filipino buffet.
Nearby It’s a five-minute drive to the Vision City and Rangeview Plaza shopping malls.
Other ammenities Wi-Fi in rooms/public areas, TV, air conditioning in room, room service, swimming pool, free airport transfers, gym, business centre, hotel arranges tours, breakfast included in standard charge.
What guests like ‘Booked at this hotel a number of times now and find the staff at the front desk very friendly and responsive. Andrea, Ruth, Patricia and Elizabeth are an asset to the business.’ – Hotels.com
‘Clean and safe hotel. Good food.’ – Expedia.com

The article ‘Hotel review: Lamana Hotel, Port Moresby’ was first published in the September–December 2022 issue of Paradise, the in-flight magazine of Air Niugini.